A Queensland household has expressed their devastation after their 98-year-old grandmother was left ready seven hours for an ambulance.
Shirley Prestipino fell to the ground of her household's Brisbane house final week, breaking her hip in two locations.
Her household was unable to maneuver her as she lay on the tiles in agony.
"She nonetheless was twisted, her leg was all beneath her and her head was smashed up towards the wall," Ms Prestipino's daughter Tina Barber mentioned.
"She was cramping and her leg was all swelling up.
"She knew, I feel, she had a damaged hip."
Ms Barber mentioned she phoned for an ambulance, who advised her to not transfer her mom because of her accidents.
After seven hours, an ambulance arrived to assist.
As soon as on the hospital, her operation was delayed as a result of the hospital was at capability.
"We nonetheless do not know what's going to occur with mum," Ms Barber mentioned.
"She's nonetheless not good."
Well being Minister Yvette D'Ath mentioned Ms Prestipino's accident occurred in the course of the ambulance service's fourth busiest day on report, with the excessive variety of emergency calls the explanation for delays.
"It's regarding that that occurred, however it's a very, very uncommon circumstance in that 24 hours," Ms D'Ath mentioned.
Ramping in Queensland hospitals has been a difficulty for a while, with well being specialists blaming a scarcity of staffing sources and hospital beds for the delays.
Current information exhibits wait occasions on ramps for Queensland paramedics are the worst in Australia.
Ros Bates, the opposition's well being spokesperson, known as for ambulance wait occasions to be made public, and for QAS employees to let sufferers know of delays in actual time.
"For the time being you may look throughout into NSW into Tweed Heads and see simply what number of ambulances are on the ramp," Ms Bates mentioned.
"That is necessary, we do not have that right here in Queensland."